Choices Program-China 2014
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- 1. Geography Education in the Era of Globalization: Answering the Questions that Matter
- 2. The truth…if you always lived in San Diego
- 3. What is this item called?
- 4. Truths can be spatially contingent
- 7. Globalization has made the world ‘flat’ • Geography has been conquered • Place is increasingly less relevant
- 8. Place still matters Distance and Time
- 9. Regions are increasingly interconnected
- 10. Global News Demands Geographic Context
- 11. Diverse cultural understanding needed • Army training
- 12. Geography Education in the Era of Globalization: Answering the Questions that Matter
- 13. Geography education is not…
- 14. How can competent teachers help students understand a complex interconnected world? Provide geographic information Teach geographic concepts Use data, maps, and geospatial technology Ask questions which encourage spatial thinking. Geographic Literacy
- 15. 1. Provide geographic information
- 16. Environmental changes require holistic, systemic thinking
- 17. 2. Teach geographic concepts
- 20. 3. Use data, maps, and geospatial technology
- 21. Geography integrates Social Studies
- 24. 4. Ask questions which encourage spatial thinking.
- 29. A spatial perspective is not just for geographers spatial mapping map projections
- 30. The Global becomes Local
- 33. How can competent teachers help students understand a complex interconnected world? Provide geographic information Teach geographic concepts Use data, maps, and geospatial technology Ask questions which encourage spatial thinking. Geographic Literacy
Editor's Notes
- The cultural is political. The demographic is economic. The urban and the rural are not mutually exclusive.